Tynisha Keli - Rose in the Ghetto lyrics

[Verse 1:] Since the day she was born She was often told she was beautiful Didn't understand why Mommy told her "No, take that ribbon out your hair that we can't afford." To make it as a star is all she waits for A blanket in the car is all she call home Don't wanna live here anymore By the time she was 12 years old Pops got close, took all their dough Now baby gotta do the only thing she know Begging kids for the clothes They don't wear no more And everybody know So she can't be cool Rumors goin' 'round at school Ma, please don't make me go there anymore [Chorus:] Who said that a rose can't grow in the ghetto? Believe it or not I promise the sun don't only shine in the meadows You do what you got til You got it and you're gone Cause oooh child Things is going to get easier Oooh child Things'll be brighter [Verse 2:] Sixteen and she still a child She tryna be grown and she acting wild Body like a model and k**er smile Getting love from dudes The only way she knows how She's thinking to herself There's gotta be more than cutting on a Lexus floor Mama, don't guys fall in love anymore? She waking up dizzy at 3:00 and 4:00 She's scared to tell her mom So she can't abort Everybody she done been with slams the door She's down low until the day it's born But she ain't gonna cry for nothing that spilled [?] And ain't nobody love the way this kid will [Chorus:] I got a rose of my own Who said that a rose can't grow in the ghetto? Believe it or not I promise the sun don't only shine in the meadows You do what you got til you got it and you're gone Cause, oooh child Things is going to get easier Oooh child Things'll be brighter